Maria writes: >Time Mag Cover consequence : TV Reality Show about extended >breastfeeding planned. Can you say, "exploitation"? > >http://m.nypost.com/p/news/local/brooklyn/breast_in_show_UJ99xlSY22H5kBwI7kAZCI?utm_medium=rss&utm_content=Brooklyn > >Maria Parlapiano RN IBCLC >Chatham, NJ We had a TV programme called 'Extraordinary Breastfeeding' a few years ago (you can see clips on YouTube - don't read the comments :( - or you can see some of it here http://watchdocumentary.com/watch/extraordinary-breastfeeding-video_f880cc258.html There was a huge amount of discussion at the time, and it still comes up occasionally in classes or on talkboards. My feeling is that it actually raised the bar - long term, it made breastfeeding beyond infancy more visible and some people discovered it was not as 'mad' as they used to think. The documentary itself was not very sensationalist - I mean there was no 'shock horror' voice over. I find - and this is just an impression - that while the idea of the nursing four year old still wrinkles brows and purses lips and rolls eyes in a class, there is more acceptance of the nursing two year old, and a few years ago there would not have been that distinction. That's not just down to that documentary, of course, but I do think attitudes are changing here, and that was part of the reason. Heather Welford Neil NCT bfc, tutor, UK -- *********************************************** Archives: http://community.lsoft.com/archives/LACTNET.html To reach list owners: [log in to unmask] Mail all list management commands to: [log in to unmask] COMMANDS: 1. To temporarily stop your subscription write in the body of an email: set lactnet nomail 2. To start it again: set lactnet mail 3. To unsubscribe: unsubscribe lactnet 4. To get a comprehensive list of rules and directions: get lactnet welcome